Health & Medicine
Through the study and use of genetics, we can identify measures that could lead to the improvement of human health and wellness. These methods and procedures aim to prevent years of chronic disease and thousands of dollars in health care costs, and provide families and communities with knowledge of how to live healthier.
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WHO IARC reviewer reiterates no health concerns for glyphosate safe ‘if used as directed’
A leading Canadian public health official has commended New Brunswick's review of a controversial herbicide . .ย . Dr. John McLaughlin, ...
Pesticides impact health in farming communities, GMOs can reduce their use
. . . [W]hatโs lost in the debates over imaginary risks from GMOs is the real threat posed by the ...
Gene therapy improves vision in Canavan disease patient even after 15 years
The first thing that Max Randellโs parents noticed after gene therapy for Canavan disease in 1998, when he was nearing ...
Human inventions may impact and change our genes over time
Of all living things, why do humans alone create advanced technology? A clue comes from a recent paper on a ...
No need to fear GM mosquitoes, Mother Jones attests
Humans have made plenty of such blunders trying to control pests. Hawaii's mongoose infestation, Australia's poisonous cane toads, and Canada'sย thistle-eating ...
Gene editing will challenge ethics at Biological Weapons Convention
[T]he signatory nations of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)ย will meet [on December 2016]...to discuss the state of bioweapons globally...[T]he world ...
Success of adult stem cells buried under media misrepresentation
Stem cell therapies and their lifesaving results are arguably the best kept medical secret. Stem cells are currently being used ...
Caster Semenya’s running dominance raises question of sex tests at future Olympics
[The 2016 Olympics has] provided something of a crash course on the science of sex differences. Thatโs largely due to ...
As the age of mother’s has increased, twin births have skyrocketed
Twins are very much in our consciousness at the moment...because we are living through a twin boom. A higher proportion ...
What is worst case scenario if genetically altered sterile male mosquitoes released to fight Zika?
[W]hat could possiblyย go wrong with unleashing a whole bunch of genetically engineered mosquitoes on a population? The worst-case scenario, according ...
Gene therapy breaking ground in treating Parkinson’s disease
Parkinsonโs patients who take the drug levodopa, or L-Dopa, are inevitably disappointed...[when,] over time[,] the drug becomes less effective... A ...
CRISPR genome editing could be game changer in war against antibiotic resistance
Using CRISPR genome editing, researchers are starting a new trend, which is to strip pathogenic bacteria of their acquired armor ...
Gene mapping may raise false hopes, some scientists worry
Harvard geneticist George Church is convinced everyone should have his or her genomes sequenced. Such tests would reveal the rare ...
Drug effectiveness depends on genetics
A Victoria University molecular geneticist says a wider range of drugs may need to be made available to ensure Maori ...
Brain’s glial cells may hold key to treating obesity
Some of the latest discoveries suggest that [glial cells] play complex roles in regulating appetite and metabolism, making them a ...
Sex testing should not be designed to suppress Caster Semenya’s born talent
[Caster] Semenyaโs case is the latest saga in sportโs checkered history of sex testing, a task that is purportedly aimed ...
Scientists creating genetically engineered synthetic supermicrobe
Itโs not finished yet. But if it is, it will be the greatest feat of genetic engineering by far. A ...
Latest gene therapy trials herald good news as drug developments escalate
Itโs much too soon to tell whether the gene therapy that 12-year-old Hannah Samesย had last month for GAN is having ...
Does CRISPR gene editing = GMO? Biotechnology skeptics may split on how to regulate New Breeding Technologies
The movement opposed to products that have been called "GM" maybe splitting into two, with one faction considering to taking ...
Differences between brain at work and at rest may influence intelligence
Your brain activity differs depending on whether you're working on a task, or at rest โ and just how much ...
Researchers find 17 different genome locations associated with depression
A recent study...identified five independent gene variants from four genome regions that are associated with depression, raising hopes that we ...
Personalized medicine industry in distress over Supreme Court’s tightening of patent laws
Rejections for US patents related to personalized medicine have spiked after recent Supreme Court decisions tightened the rules for such ...
New biofortified GMO rice could alleviate iron, zinc deficiencies
Rice is the staple food for billions of people throughout the developing world. But beyond easing hunger pains and providing ...
Designing GMOs for human Mars colonies: Follow the ‘toxic salt’
Before we grow staple grains such as wheat and corn on Mars , we need to deal with the soil's ...
Anti-GM mosquito efforts may expose more people to Zika
[R]esidents in South Florida are in a unique position to become the testing ground for a promising new experiment that ...
‘World’s smartest physicist’ believes consciousness will remain unsolvable
Some mind-ponderers...argue that consciousness is unsolvable. Philosopher Owen Flanagan calls these pessimists โmysterians,โ after the 60โs-era rock group โQuestion Mark ...
Large genetic database reveals how our individual DNA differs
ExAC...is a compendium of genetic information that...[is] so big that it is giving scientists a much more realistic vision of ...
